There is Only One Problem in Armenia

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THERE IS ONLY ONE PROBLEM IN ARMENIA

[06:22 pm] 28 April, 2006

`The role of each of us is important in the realization of democracy,
everyone starting from the journalists must understand that much
depends on him,’ announced Nikol Pashinyan, the editor-in-chief of the
daily `Armenian Times’. According to him, the society begins to
understand it, and people begin to realize their responsibility.

`We cannot understand what is going on in the political field. We are
suffering from intellectual and moral vacuum,’ Nikol Pashinyan
says. According to him, the politicians do not know what to do. `If
the authorities carry out their passive task to keep the power, the
opposition does not know how to carry out its active task to take the
power.’

Agreeing with the opinion that the politicians will not start working
until the journalists urge them, Pashinyan noted, «The majority of the
deputies goes to the Parliament to have a nap. If it weren’t for the
journalists, they would take their beds with them and sleep there»,
Nikol Pashinyan said.

He notes lack of honesty in the political field, as well as in the
information field. According to him, the journalists are not honest
enough with the people, and this is a problem of national security, as
the citizens of the country are sometimes not aware of what is going
on in the country.

According to Pashinyan, the situation in the television field is
conditioned by the absence of the «A1+» TV Company. «If there a TV
Company like «A1+», it creates competition». According to him, today
the journalists misinform people instead of informing them.

He also noted that the ecological, energy and economic issues are
completely ignored in Armenia. There is only one problem: the
political one which is connected with the second article of the
Constitution: the power belongs to the people. As soon as this problem
is solved, all the others will be solved too.